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| Hi everyone, welcome to another Korean Whiteboard lesson. |
| My name is Keijin. |
| 안녕하세요, 케이진입니다. |
| (annyeonghaseyo, keijin-ibnida.) |
| In this lesson, you will learn essential social expressions in Korean. |
| Let's get started. |
| Okay, let's look at the vocabulary. |
| First, we have |
| 저기요. |
| (Jeo-gi-yo.) |
| Excuse me. |
| It literally means over there, over there. |
| 저기 (Jeo-gi) means over there, and 요 (yo) makes 저기 (Jeo-gi) polite, |
| so over there, which is like excuse me in English. |
| 저기요. |
| (Jeo-gi-yo.) |
| Next, we have |
| 잠시만요. |
| (Jam-si-man-yo.) |
| Which means excuse me. |
| It literally means just a moment, just a moment. |
| 잠시 (Jam-si) is like a while, moment. |
| 만 (man) is like only or just. |
| And 요 (yo) again makes 잠시만 (Jam-si-man) as a polite sentence. |
| 잠시만요. |
| (Jam-si-man-yo.) |
| Excuse me. |
| And now we want to answer. |
| Yes, yes. |
| Yes in Korean is |
| 네. |
| (Ne?) |
| Well, it literally means yes, and it's a polite way to say yes in Korean. |
| 네. |
| (Ne?) |
| Another way to answer this is |
| 무슨 일이세요? |
| (Mu-seun il-i-se-yo?) |
| It means what's up. |
| 무슨 (Mu-seun) is like what. |
| 일 (il) means matter or issue. |
| 이세요 (i-se-yo) is like is. So what matter is it? What issue is it? |
| It literally like what's the matter? What's up? |
| 무슨 일이세요? |
| (Mu-seun il-i-se-yo?) |
| Next, we have thank you. |
| Do you know how to say thank you in Korean? |
| It's 감사합니다. |
| (gam-sa-ham-ni-da.) |
| Thank you. |
| This is very formal. |
| 감사합니다. |
| (gam-sa-ham-ni-da.) |
| We have another way to say thank you is |
| 고마워요. |
| (Gomawoyo.) |
| meaning thank you. |
| And it's informal polite. |
| So what is informal polite? |
| So first, without 요, (yo) if you don't have any 요 (yo) here, it's just |
| 고마워. |
| (Gomawo) |
| It's informal way to say thank you. It's like thanks in English. |
| You can use it |
| to your close friends or your family members or someone |
| who is much younger than you. |
| 고마워. |
| (Gomawo) |
| But you want to be a little bit more formal or polite. |
| It's not completely formal but a little bit more polite. |
| So you put 요 (yo) at the end. |
| So you say |
| 고마워요. |
| (Gomawoyo.) |
| So you can use it to your neighbors |
| which you don't have to be too formal |
| but you can be still polite to them, right? |
| So neighbors or older relatives, maybe your grandfather, grandmother. |
| 고마워요. |
| (Gomawoyo.) |
| But please remember to say thank you to your close friends. |
| It's just 고마워 (Gomawo.) without 요 (yo) at the end. |
| If someone says 고마워 (Gomawo.) to you, how would you answer? |
| Here you are. |
| So you're welcome in Korean is |
| 아니에요. |
| (A-ni-e-yo.) |
| It literally means no, that's not true. |
| Not at all. Don't mention it. |
| So 아니에요 (A-ni-e-yo.) means that's not true. |
| So it can be translated as not at all. |
| 아니에요. |
| (A-ni-e-yo.) |
| Another way to answer is |
| 뭘요? |
| (Mwolyo.) |
| 뭘? |
| (Mwol.) |
| It's shortened form of 뭐를. 뭐를. |
| 뭐 means what. |
| So it literally means what. |
| What are you talking about? |
| Don't mention that. It's okay. |
| What? Don't mention it. |
| 뭘요? |
| (Mwolyo.) |
| Now we have sorry in Korean is |
| 죄송합니다. |
| (Joesonghamnida.) |
| It means sorry. |
| And this is very formal and among many expressions to say sorry, |
| I would recommend you to memorize this first. |
| 죄송합니다. |
| (Joesonghamnida.) |
| Which is the most formal version. |
| Because when you apologize, it's always better to be formal and humble and polite, right? |
| So, 죄송합니다. (Joesonghamnida.) It means sorry. |
| It's a formal way to say sorry. |
| 죄송합니다. |
| (Joesonghamnida.) |
| Do you remember |
| 고마워요? |
| (Gomawoyo.) |
| Which is informal polite? |
| To say thank you. |
| For sorry, we have exactly the same thing, which is. |
| 미안해요. |
| (Mianhaeyo.) |
| It means sorry and it's informal and polite. Again, what does that mean? |
| First, |
| 미안해. |
| (Mianhae.). |
| These three letters, this means sorry and you can use it to your close friends |
| or someone who is younger than you, your family members. |
| When you use informal language, say sorry. |
| Saying sorry is |
| 미안해. |
| (Mianhae.) |
| But now you want to be a little bit more polite. |
| For example, |
| you are on the subway and there are grandmother and grandfather |
| who are very old, maybe in 70s, 80s. |
| And they can probably say sorry to you. |
| 미안해. |
| (Mianhae.) |
| But they want to be a little bit more polite, so they put 요 (yo) at the end. |
| 미안해요. |
| (Mianhaeyo.) |
| So, in this case, it's still informal. |
| They use this language to someone who is much younger than you, |
| younger than them, but they put 요 (yo) at the end. |
| Just like that, I use 미안해요 (Mianhaeyo.) to my friends |
| who is just maybe one or two years older than me. |
| So our relationship is informal, |
| but I still want to be polite because they are older than me. |
| So in that case, I use 미안해요. (Mianhaeyo.) |
| Just because |
| 죄송합니다. |
| (Joesonghamnida.) |
| Too much, too formal. |
| And if someone says sorry to you in Korean, how would you answer? |
| The answer is here. |
| 괜찮아요. |
| (Gwaenchanayo.) |
| It literally means it's okay, it's okay. |
| 괜찮아요. |
| (Gwaenchanayo.) |
| Another way to say is |
| 아니에요. |
| (Anieyo.) |
| Do you remember this word? |
| We learned it here to say not at all, to answer thank you. |
| You can use this expression to answer sorry to. |
| 아니에요. |
| (Anieyo.) |
| It's okay. Not at all. |
| 아니에요. |
| (Anieyo.) |
| Let's look at our dialogue. |
| While I read it, I want you to pay attention to the social expression we learned today. |
| See how they are used in the dialogue. |
| In the apartment building laundry room, a young man is trying to put his |
| clothes into the washing machine before he stopped. |
| 저기요. |
| (Jeo-gi-yo.) |
| Excuse me. |
| 네? |
| (Ne?) |
| Yes? |
| The neighbor that stopped him explains that |
| that particular washing machine is out of order. |
| The young man thanks the neighbor. |
| 감사합니다. |
| (A, gam-sa-ham-ni-da.) |
| Oh, thank you. |
| 아니에요. |
| (A-ni-e-yo.) |
| Not at all. |
| As the young man closes the washing machine, it makes a loud noise. |
| So he apologizes for that. |
| 죄송합니다. |
| (Joe-song-ham-ni-da.) |
| Sorry. |
| 괜찮아요. |
| (Gwaen-chan-a-yo.) |
| It's okay. |
| Here are more examples. |
| Scenario 1. You are at a restaurant. |
| You want to get a waiter's attention and ask for a spoon. |
| How would you get his attention? |
| 저기요. |
| (Jeo-gi-yo.) |
| 저기요. 숟가락 있어요? |
| (Jeo-gi-yo. sudgalag iss-eoyo?) |
| Excuse me, do you have a spoon? |
| 저기요. |
| (Jeo-gi-yo.) |
| 숟가락 있어요? |
| (sudgalag iss-eoyo?) |
| Scenario 2. You have a meeting with a client, but you are late. |
| You apologize sincerely. |
| How would you say sorry formally? |
| 죄송합니다. |
| (Joesonghamnida.) |
| 많이 늦었네요. |
| Sorry, I am very late. |
| 죄송합니다. |
| (Joesonghamnida.) |
| 많이 늦었네요. |
| Scenario 3. Your neighbor has bought you a hairpin as a present from her trip. |
| You tell her thank you. |
| How would you say that casually, but still politely? |
| 고마워요. |
| (Gomawoyo.) |
| 고마워요. 정말 예쁘네요. |
| Thank you. It's so pretty. |
| 고마워요. 정말 예쁘네요. |
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